Re: Comet

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "tolgs001" <george.st@...> wrote:

> >kon.t.ai tuft, dressing of hair in large coil on the head, one of
> >aim.-pa_n--mut.i (Ta.); kon.t.a (Ma.); kon.d.e (Te.); gon.d.e
> >(Ka.Tu.)(Ta.lex.) jhut.i a hair-knot (Santali.lex.)
>
> In Hungarian, <konty> "knot, bob of hair; bun" (the "y" in
> writing after the "t" is only to show that the "t" is a
> palatal sound, and not an usual [t])
>
> >kopa coil of a woman's hair (Kui);
>
> George
>
> PS: BTW, is it certain that Lat. coma is a Greek
> loanword (kome)?

Can't English 'comet' be related to Hungarian 'kont.y' and cognates
Latin, Greek and in Indian languages which I had listed earlier?